Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (s–z)
How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Say the word slowly and listen to the first sound: s… sun. Match it with a picture or a letter that starts the same way. For x, listen to the end of the word: fo-x, bo-x.
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- 1.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) u
- 2.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) t
- 3.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) tomato (b) zip (c) watermelon
- 4.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) zip (b) watermelon (c) turkey
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) ten (b) wave (c) saw
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) up (b) sun (c) zip
- 7.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tea (b) zero (c) turtle
- 8.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) wolf (b) tomato (c) tap
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tiger (b) yo-yo (c) violin
- 10.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) w
- 11.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watch (b) ox (c) violin
- 12.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yarn (b) six (c) turkey
- 13.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) zebra (b) violin (c) yawn
- 14.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) z
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) tent (c) soap
- 16.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yarn (b) tea (c) fox
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tub (b) ten (c) violin
- 18.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yarn (b) watch (c) tomato
- 19.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) z
- 20.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) web (b) saw (c) ten
- 21.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) web (b) saw (c) umbrella
- 22.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) up (b) tomato (c) wolf
- 23.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) sock (c) sun
- 24.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) u
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) violin (b) wave (c) turkey
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) turkey (c) watermelon
- 27.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) t
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) up (b) turtle (c) zebra
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) window (b) turtle (c) zero
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wave (b) tomato (c) sun
- 31.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) box (c) torch
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yarn (b) tooth (c) up
- 33.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) u
- 34.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) w
- 35.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) y
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) zip (c) tooth
- 37.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) zero (b) ten (c) volcano
- 38.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) v
- 39.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) u
- 40.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) t
Answer key
- v
- z
- tomato
- watermelon
- ten
- zip
- zero
- wolf
- yo-yo
- w
- ox
- six
- yawn
- v
- yarn
- fox
- violin
- yarn
- s
- saw
- umbrella
- tomato
- up
- s
- turkey
- umbrella
- u
- turtle
- zero
- sun
- box
- tooth
- s
- w
- y
- van
- volcano
- u
- v
- t
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